Career Development Carnival: September 2012

This month, we threw out a challenge to our career experts and many of them came through with some great career advice. The theme of this month’s Career Development Carnival was incorporating the number “9” nine.

We know that many of you like lists because they are a quick read and pack tons of information and tips that you can use today. This month’s no exception. We have nine articles for you to check out with 81 career tips to keep you moving ahead through the end of this year!

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Personal Branding

Branding yourself is done through a lot of mediums, and blogging certainly is one of them. It’s important to know, then, what will get your blog read. Self-proclaimed blog guru, Nicki Porter, provides the 411 on why she may not be reading your blog.

Career Exploration

In response to this month’s theme, these activities are all geared toward online students – they can take place via the Internet – and designed to help them forward progress toward their career goals by the end of the year.

Career Management

Quick ways to boost your career development in just minutes a day. Career management doesn’t have to be time consuming. These tips are great ways to keep track of your successes, build your personal brand, develop an online presence, and more.

It is important to focus on your career while you are working and everything is going along smoothly. There are a number of career strategies you can employ to stay ahead of the game and be ready when you have to make a move.

Networking Tips

“You may not know it yet, but while you are working hard to build a respectable personal brand – you may be doing the exact opposite. While you labor to extend your contact list and sphere of influence – you are actually limiting your potential.

All because you’re making these easily fixable rookie networking mistakes…”

Next Month’s Carnival

Hannah Morgan will be hosting next month’s Career Development Carnival at CareerSherpa.net. If you want to join our carnival and submit articles for consideration, visit our Career Development Carnival website for details.

Lynn Dessert is a certified ICF and NLP Coach specializing in Executive Career coaching in Charlotte NC. She works with individuals to accelerate their career advancement and organizations to fast track leadership skill development.
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